The Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Thailand, was established in 1995, completed in 2000 and officially opened on the 29th of August 2001 as a Science Museum Project which had been launched on the auspicious occasion of the 5th cycle anniversary of Her Majesty the Queen, August 12th, 1992. The objectives of the Natural History Museum are to act as a National Reference Collection on Biodiversity, as a Center of Natural Science Exhibition and Science Communication, and as a Research Center on Biodiversity in Thailand and neighboring countries.